Intermec 6822 6820 Series 80-Column Printer User Manual (for printers purchase - Page 71

Perform Horizontal Tab, Set Horizontal Tabs

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Chapter 4 - Control Code Definitions • Any tab set within the SOP range (Skip Over Perforation), during the time SOP is active, are stored but not used until SOP is canceled. • If a vertical tab, and the next tab stop is outside the printable page area, a form feed is executed placing the printhead at the next Top of Form. • Previous tab stops are cleared when new tab stops are set. • Are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing. Perform Horizontal Tab Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. The tab positions, set by ESC "D", the Set Horizontal Tabs function, are not affected by any changes in character pitch. The factory default tab settings are at intervals of eight characters, in the currently selected pitch. For the default tabs, the actual distance to each tab position is affected by changes in character pitch. Format Decimal Hex 9 09 ASCII HT Set Horizontal Tabs Resets the current horizontal tabs, and new horizontal tabs are set up, based on the current character width (pitch). Format Decimal 27 68 n1 n2 ..nk 0 Hex 1B 44 n1 n2 .. nk 00 ASCII ESC "D" n1 n2 .. nk NUL n1 is the first tab (range for tab stops is 1 to 160), n2 is the second tab (all tabs in ascending order), ... are subsequent tabs (maximum tabs: 32), nk is the last tab to set (any value less than the previous tab value acts as a terminating character), NUL is the terminating character. 6820 Series 80-Column Printer User Manual 55

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Chapter 4 — Control Code Definitions
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Any tab set within the SOP range (Skip Over Perforation), during
the time SOP is active, are stored but not used until SOP is
canceled.
If a vertical tab, and the next tab stop is outside the printable page
area, a form feed is executed placing the printhead at the next Top
of Form.
Previous tab stops are cleared when new tab stops are set.
Are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing.
Perform Horizontal Tab
Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. The tab
positions, set by ESC “D”, the Set Horizontal Tabs function, are not
affected by any changes in character pitch.
The factory default tab settings are at intervals of eight characters, in
the currently selected pitch. For the default tabs, the actual distance
to each tab position is affected by changes in character pitch.
Set Horizontal Tabs
Resets the current horizontal tabs, and new horizontal tabs are set up,
based on the current character width (pitch).
n1
is the first tab (range for tab stops is 1 to 160),
n2
is the second tab
(all tabs in ascending order), ... are subsequent tabs (maximum tabs:
32),
nk
is the last tab to set (any value less than the previous tab value
acts as a terminating character),
NUL
is the terminating character.
Format
Decimal
Hex
ASCII
9
09
HT
Format
Decimal
Hex
ASCII
27 68 n1 n2 ..nk 0
1B 44 n1 n2 .. nk 00
ESC “D” n1 n2 .. nk NUL